Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ (10/13/21)
October 13, 2021 4:10AM CDT
Dave Hilton
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Random Facts for your Wednesday – October 13th, 2021. Let’s learn something together:
- The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in their lifetime.
- “Lb” is the abbreviation for pound because it comes from “Libra” – the zodiac sign that’s symbolized by scales.
- The top causes of death in the U.S. in 1900 were flu & tuberculosis. In 2020, the top two were heart disease & cancer.
- Horses can’t throw up. Their bodies aren’t built to do it.
- Minnesota has a law banning contests where people try to catch greased pigs or turkeys.
Be sure to use one of these little tidbits in your life this week!
(Yankee Magazine / HuffPost / NEJM – JAMA / Equus / State of Minnesota)
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